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The BCC: Blacksheep Comedy Crew
WALTER HONG
This latest stint of performing stand up comedy began at the open mic slot for Chocolate Sundaes at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood, CA. Two performances later, Walter was shown so much love from the all-black audience that he was a made a Chocolate Sundae regular. Shortly thereafter, he became a regular at the Laugh Factory. This led to hosting and booking the only comedy show in Koreatown at Cafe Bleu. He was the most bleeped comic on Comedy Zen an accomplishment he relishes to this day. As a comedy sketch actor, he’s performer with Wayne Brady, Cedric The Entertainer, Mark Curry, Kevin Hart and Damon Wayans. And his voices can be heard on the Tom Joyner Morning Show and the Xbox video game: Bruce Lee: Quest Of The Dragon. Currently, Walter performs at the Laugh Factory, Improv and numerous spots around LA and Orange County.
PK
Stand up PK is the current host of PG-18 Fridays at The World Famous Laugh Factory in Hollywood. (Watch | www.laughfactory.com ). He was one of the original hosts of Asian Nights at The Laugh Factory for over three years. During that 175 week run, he brought over 10,000 people to the club, many of them seeing stand up comedy live for the first time.
He has performed stand up comedy in over 40 universities across the United States. His passion is laughing really loud with friends and making good memories. Some of his comedic inspirations: Brian Regan, Conan O' Brien, Eddie Murphy, Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Tony Rock, Cedric The Entertainer, George Lopez, Jo Koy, Dane Cook, Bobby Lee, Russell Peters, Ellen Degeneres, Margaret Cho, Daniel Tosh, Jim Gaffigan, & countless others,
For two years he hosted a weekly show on AM Radio with a low budget and less than 10 confirmed listeners. He also was a first round winner on the rapidly cancelled, Ed McMahon's ‘Next Big Star.'
Showing Up He was the Grand Prize Winner of the 2007 Uncle Clyde's Comedy Cup at The Pasadena Icehouse sponsored by H2F Productions, which featured 100 comedians and he took first place.
Growing up PK stands for Paul Kim and Preacher's Kid. (Preacher's Kids = Problem Kids) He was born and raised in the rough streets of south central Burbank, California. Burbank is Johnny Carson's hood, his earliest inspiration in comedy.
Following Up He is the founder and Exec. Director of a non profit organization and annual Asian talent show called Kollaboration, which now in its tenth year, draws over 15,000 people annually in ten cities: LA, Chicago, NY, Toronto, Atlanta, Houston, San Francisco, Tulsa, Seattle, & Washington DC. He is also the co-founder of LiNK, Liberty in North Korea, a non profit organization dedicated to bring awareness to the needs of North Korean refugees.
Getting Down To pay bills and help feed his two year old son, Solomon, he manages a wedding events company called Prokreation Productions – www.prokreation.com. He has emceed, DJ'd, and provided sound for over 250 weddings and counting. In short, he helps make babies!
DANNY CHO
Danny Cho is an Asian American comedian/actor. Danny got his first taste of comedy during the 2nd grade when we was in a spelling bee. He misspelled the word zucchini because of ignorance. (He spelled it Z-O-O-K-I-N-I). The audience roared in laughter, while Danny felt as though he failed his family and his people.
During the summer of 2000, Danny then took a real shot at standup comedy through a dare from his high school friends. Like any hormonal/prideful teenager, Danny took the dare and performed at the nearest open mic night competition which happened to be a café in South Central LA. To make a long story short, Danny did well enough to win the competition.
Being bit by the comedy bug, Danny started performing stand-up during his stay at UCLA. He performed shows at the Laugh Factory and the Improv, both in Hollywood. However, through the pressures of his conservative parents, Danny joined the corporate world as a business consultant. Nevertheless, he still performed comedy at shows all over Southern California and occasionally at out of state universities. In 2006, while still working as a business consultant, Danny had his first national tv acting gig on Mad TV. Danny played Pongo, a fat/mute Thai movie critic alongside Bobby Lee. Danny played that character for several episodes on Mad TV.
In 2007, Danny hated his career as a business consultant so much that he quit. He hated the job so much he would go to the local bar and drink so much hoping to get a DUI so he can miss work. He decided that he needed to be a full time comedian and actor. Danny recently was in a Bud Light Commercial, which aired during the SuperBowl. He played an Asian foreign exchange student that tries to hit on American girls. Initially, Danny was afraid that this character would set back the progress that Asians Americans were making in the media, but the hunger and bills outweighed that worry and he took the gig.
In the last few years, Danny has been in various commercials and movies. In addition, Danny has been traveling around the US for his stand up comedy tour. Recently, Danny wrote a screenplay titled Ktown Cowboys, that won best feature at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival in 2010.
www.dannycho.com
ANDY HUR
From Seoul , Korea to Culver City , CA , Andy was always known to be the funny goofball around his family and friends. At the age of 15, Andy was inspired to do stand up comedy after watching the movie "The Original Kings of Comedy" in 2000. Still young, no guts, and lost in how to go about becoming a comic, in 2005, with help from PK (founder of Kollaboration) he performed for the first time for Kollaboration in front of a large crowd of 1,300.
Andy enjoys making people laugh, and firmly believes laughter solves everything. He believes he's gifted with humor and his job is to bring smiles and laughter to others. After the Kollaboration show he never made a push to pursue stand up because people doubted him and also feared of getting into the entertainment industry. Getting involved with the organization Kollaboration, opened his eyes to pursue entertainment.
Over the years, he shared a stage with many comics and performed at the Pasadena Ice House, Laugh Factory, UCSD, CSUN and etc and started to find his passion for comedy. Starting October, 2009 he committed to follow his dream and started hosting his own show called "The Dehydrated Comedy Show" at The Blue Goose Lounge in Sunset.
He is a fulltime employee by the day and a comic by night. He believes in himself and continues to go for his dream and one day sees himself as one of the elite comics in the world.
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